CVE-2012-4230 Information

Description

The bbcode plugin in TinyMCE 3.5.8 does not properly enforce the TinyMCE security policy for the (1) encoding directive and (2) valid_elements attribute which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via application-specific vectors as demonstrated using a textarea element.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/91130 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120750/TinyMCE-3.5.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/114 http://www.madirish.net/554 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58424 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82744